If you're the type of theatergoer who checks out the list of Musical Numbers in the program before the show...Continue Reading The post PRETTY WOMAN: No More Than Another Sit-through-able Mu…
That it ever happened is amazing. That it's continued for 28 years is flabbergasting. After all, the Dayton Playhouse is...Continue Reading The post THE FUTURE IN DAYTON, OHIO appeared first…
A warm and wonderful film is well on its way to becoming an equally impressive musical. Twenty-five years ago, DAVE...Continue Reading The post DAVE for President! appeared first on Broadway…
Here's a question for John Strand, author of THE ORIGINALIST. Have you been fair to Justice Antonin Scalia? Strand states...Continue Reading The post THE ORIGINALIST: That's One Way of Putti…
It starts off as if it's going to turn into A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 or A DOLL'S LIFE. But...Continue Reading The post THE SAINTLINESS OF MARGERY KEMP Is at Question appeared first on Broadway…
Joel Grey, Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the ranks of the expert directors who bring out the greatness of the classic...Continue Reading The post FIDDLER ON THE FOLKSBIENE STAGE appeared…
Most of us tend to forget that between OKLAHOMA! and CAROUSEL, Oscar Hammerstein had another Broadway hit. CARMEN JONES opened...Continue Reading The post CARMEN JONES is No Lysistrata appea…
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE, so I guess I should, too. The new musical at London's Apollo Theatre could be said...Continue Reading The post EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE: God Save the …
After watching THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY at Barrington Stage in Western Massachusetts, an obscure Frank Sinatra song kept going...Continue Reading The post The Too-Royal Family of Broadwa…
Life would be much easier for HALF TIME had there never been A CHORUS LINE This new musical at...Continue Reading The post HALF TIME: The Senior Showcase appeared first on BroadwaySel…
Congrats to all the Tony-winners! And now that the season is over and we have no more shows to see,...Continue Reading The post Lerner with and without Loewe appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
Remember when cable TV talked of "narrowcasting"? We heard the word a great deal in the '80s. In case you...Continue Reading The post STAGE LIFE: The Way They Were appeared first on Broadway…
With this show, John Kander won't be asked "Which came first — the music or the lyrics?" For there are...Continue Reading The post The Beauty of THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE appeared first …
Theatergoers aren't the only ones who should see George C. Wolfe's current production of THE ICEMAN COMETH. Every director as...Continue Reading The post Would That THE ICEMAN Could Stayeth …
In the last decade, musical theater has welcomed what can almost be termed a new genre: The Lincoln Center Theater...Continue Reading The post A More Than FAIR LADY appeared first on Broadwa…
The top of the carousel is quite beautiful, thanks to set designer Santo Loquasto. But where's the rest of...Continue Reading The post CAROUSEL: The Wheel-of-Fortune Musical appeared …
If you're someone who says "I would never want to go back to high school," you won't want to go...Continue Reading The post MEAN GIRLSÂ and Teen Girls: Perfect Together appeared first on B…
If it only had a heart. We're warned right from the opening number that this is "the story of deception,...Continue Reading The post THE STING Sings appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
Film is of course a far more realistic medium than the stage " although there is one profound exception...Continue Reading The post FROZEN: Assets and Liabilities appeared first on Br…
Joshua Logan did it after WISH YOU WERE HERE had opened to terrible reviews. Gower Champion also did it "...Continue Reading The post Maybe a Return to MARGARITAVILLE? appeared first on Broa…
"Why am I here? This is crazy!" That's what Sally sings in "Don't Look at Me" in FOLLIES —...Continue Reading The post FOLLIES Goes to High School appeared first on BroadwaySele…
Two companies are about to close up shop. I'm going to miss both very much. TACT " meaning The Actors...Continue Reading The post TACT and MUSICALS TONIGHT! Take Their Final Bow appeared fir…
Many men get off while fantasizing about little women, but in Don Nguyen's HELLO, FROM THE CHILDREN OF PLANET EARTH,...Continue Reading The post HELLO, FROM THE CHILDREN OF PLANET EARTH: Now…
Who's the only playwright capable of dreaming up this scenario? A convicted man is about to face the noose. He...Continue Reading The post HANGMEN: Another Thrilling Martin McDonagh Thriller…
Well, it ain't THE RING CYCLE. But JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA does make good on its title's last two words....Continue Reading The post JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA (or So It Insists) appeared f…